Plow-tongs.



PATENTED JULY 7, 1908.

E. L. THOMAS. PLOW TONGS.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.10, 1901.

EDMON L. THOMAS, OF ALMA, ILLINOIS.

PLOW-TONGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 7, 1908.

Application filed December 10, 1907. Burial No. 405,922.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, EDMON/L. THOMAS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alma, in the county of Marion and State of Illinois,

have invented new and useful Im rovements in Plow-Tongs, of which the fo owing is a specification.

This invention relates to plow tongs and the object of the inventionis to provide a simple and effective hand implement for handlin low shares so as to firmly clamp and hol the share and bar while t e latter are bein operated upon, as for example, while mol ing the share and bar together or while shar ening the edge or point of the share or in t e on inal manufacture or subsequent re air of t 1e share.

ith the above object in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawingz-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the low tongs showing a plow share and bar he d thereby. Fig. 2 1s a plan view of the tongs. Fig. 3 is an ed e view of the same.

he plow share ton of my invention consist of a pair of han les 1 and 2 which are crossed and pivotally connected to ether by a bolt3, said handles being flattens midwa of their lengths, so as to provide suitab e jaws 4 and 5 for the purpose of properly handlin plow shares. The flattened ortion of the handle 1 forms the jaw 5 whic is bifurcat-ed as shown at 7, the ends 6 of which are bent downwardly at right angles therewith and provided with a transverse curved seat 6, as shown in Fig. 1. The other flattened portion of the handle is provided with an upwardly projecting flattened extension 10, w rich is ivoted to the flattened portion of the hand e 1. The upper end of said extension is twisted to form a forwardly and downwardly inclined flattened jaw 4. By means of constructing the jaws 4 and 5 as above described, the tongs is capable of handling a plow share when connected thereto and reventing the same from becoming detac ed therefrom. It will be readily seen that the bifurcated portion of the jaw 7 straddles the rear end of the plow share Q, while its downwardly bent ends serve to contact with the op oslte sides of the same, the seat 6 of said en s serving to contact with the lower edge 9 of said share. I attach importance to the forwardl and downwardly inclined jaw 4, of the hen le 2, which is elon ated so as to extend a proximately one ha of its length be yond t e bifurcated jaw 5, said elongation of the jaw permitting of its contacting its entire length flush with the flange 9 of the low share so as to permit of equalizing the weight of the share on said seat 6'.

I claim:-

A ton s for handling plow shares comprising han les which are crossed and pivotally connected together, said handles being flattened midway of their lengths and one of the flattened portions of one of the handles having a bifurcated jaw, the ends of which are bent downwardly atright angles therewith and having a transverse curved seat secured to the terminals of said ends, the other flattened portion of the other handle having an angular upwardly projecting extension the upger end of which is twisted to form a forwar ly and downwardl inclined jaw, said bifurcated portion of the rst mentioned jaw and its downwardly bent ends serving to contact with the opposite side portions of a )low share with the lower edge of the s hare mounted in the curved seat of said arms, and said forwardly and downwardly inclined jaw being elongated so as to extend approximately one-half of its length beyond said hifurcated 'aw and serving to contact with the flan e o the share so as to e( ualize the weig t oi the share on the curved seat, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDMON l1. 'll-IOMAS.

Witnesses:

II. M. FRAMPTON, E. S. CROOKER. 

